diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/freshrss.nix b/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/freshrss.nix
index ffc05d0e41f8..8b4ea2aa53c9 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/freshrss.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/freshrss.nix
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ in
             "catch_workers_output" = true;
           };
           phpEnv = {
-            FRESHRSS_DATA_PATH = "${cfg.dataDir}";
+            DATA_PATH = "${cfg.dataDir}";
           };
         };
       };
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ in
             WorkingDirectory = cfg.package;
           };
           environment = {
-            FRESHRSS_DATA_PATH = cfg.dataDir;
+            DATA_PATH = cfg.dataDir;
           };
 
           script =
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ in
         wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
         startAt = "*:0/5";
         environment = {
-          FRESHRSS_DATA_PATH = cfg.dataDir;
+          DATA_PATH = cfg.dataDir;
         };
         serviceConfig = defaultServiceConfig //{
           ExecStart = "${cfg.package}/app/actualize_script.php";
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/web-apps/freshrss/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/web-apps/freshrss/default.nix
index 59eb56bcb830..8a8502ad823b 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/web-apps/freshrss/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/web-apps/freshrss/default.nix
@@ -26,12 +26,6 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation rec {
   # There's nothing to build.
   dontBuild = true;
 
-  # the data folder is no in this package and thereby declared by an env-var
-  overrideConfig = pkgs.writeText "constants.local.php" ''
-    <?php
-      define('DATA_PATH', getenv('FRESHRSS_DATA_PATH'));
-  '';
-
   postPatch = ''
     patchShebangs cli/*.php app/actualize_script.php
   '';
@@ -39,8 +33,6 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation rec {
   installPhase = ''
     mkdir -p $out
     cp -vr * $out/
-
-    cp $overrideConfig $out/constants.local.php
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {